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I got an Otari MX5050BQii which from what i can tell in the manual is Pin 3 Hot. I bought some monoprice XLR to RCA cables for the I/O of the machine and connected them with 1/4 TS adapters to my Mackie CR1604 channel access outs and i got no signal on the VU meters. The manual lays out the wiring and i attempted it and ruined a cable. can someone point me in the direction of some cables or adapters for this deck as my soldering is too bad and i do not want to mess with the decks wiring. Can someone point me to an adapter or cables or some sort of switcher so i can use regular XLR to RCAs with the deck without any soldering? Heres what the manual says about the connections
LINE INPUT CONNECTOR WIRING: For unbalanced inputs using two-conductor shielded cable, wire the male XLR-connector as follows: 1. Connect the signal leads of a cable to pin 3 (high) and pin 2 (low) of the connector. 2. Connect the cable shield to pin 1 of the connector. 3. Connect a jumper from pin 1 to pin 2 of the connector. For unbalanced inputs using single-conductor shielded cable, wire the male XLR connector as follows: 1. Connect the center conductor of the single-conductor shielded cable to pin 3 of the connector. 2. Connect the cable shield to pins 1 and 2. LINE OUTPUT CONNECTOR WIRING For unbalanced outputs using two-conductor shielded cable, wire the female XLR connector as follows: 1. Connect the signal leads of the cable to pin 3 (high) and pin 2 (low) of the connector. 2. Connect the cable shield to pin 1 of the connector. 3. Connect a jumper from pin 1 to pin 2 of the connector. For unbalanced outputs using single-conductor shielded cable, wire the female XLR-type connector as follows: 1. Connect the center conductor cable to pin 3 of the connector. 2. Connect the cable shield to pin 2 of the connector. 3. Connect a jumper between pins 1 and 2 of the connector.
I got an Otari MX5050BQii which from what i can tell in the manual is Pin 3 Hot. I bought some monoprice XLR to RCA cables for the I/O of the machine and connected them with 1/4 TS adapters to my Mackie CR1604 channel access outs and i got no signal on the VU meters. The manual lays out the wiring and i attempted it and ruined a cable. can someone point me in the direction of some cables or adapters for this deck as my soldering is too bad and i do not want to mess with the decks wiring. Can someone point me to an adapter or cables or some sort of switcher so i can use regular XLR to RCAs with the deck without any soldering? Heres what the manual says about the connections
LINE INPUT CONNECTOR WIRING: For unbalanced inputs using two-conductor shielded cable, wire the male XLR-connector as follows: 1. Connect the signal leads of a cable to pin 3 (high) and pin 2 (low) of the connector. 2. Connect the cable shield to pin 1 of the connector. 3. Connect a jumper from pin 1 to pin 2 of the connector. For unbalanced inputs using single-conductor shielded cable, wire the male XLR connector as follows: 1. Connect the center conductor of the single-conductor shielded cable to pin 3 of the connector. 2. Connect the cable shield to pins 1 and 2. LINE OUTPUT CONNECTOR WIRING For unbalanced outputs using two-conductor shielded cable, wire the female XLR connector as follows: 1. Connect the signal leads of the cable to pin 3 (high) and pin 2 (low) of the connector. 2. Connect the cable shield to pin 1 of the connector. 3. Connect a jumper from pin 1 to pin 2 of the connector. For unbalanced outputs using single-conductor shielded cable, wire the female XLR-type connector as follows: 1. Connect the center conductor cable to pin 3 of the connector. 2. Connect the cable shield to pin 2 of the connector. 3. Connect a jumper between pins 1 and 2 of the connector.